Bug 928635 – net-mail/courier-imap-5.2.6-r1 fails with cannot find ${D}${ROOT}/usr/lib64/courier-imap when running fperms in postinst

• Status: UNCONFIRMED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Dirk Tilger 2024-04-05 12:48:32 UTC]

Created attachment 889518 [details, diff]
Patch against the ebuild to make it work properly when ROOT is set

net-mail/courier-imap-5.2.6-r1 fails to find ${D}${ROOT}/usr/lib64/courier-imap when running fperms in postinst, however ${ROOT} is handled by portage and the ebuild in this case doesn't have to treat it specially.

I forgot to keep the build.log. If you need it let me know.

[Comment 1 Mike Gilbert 2024-04-05 14:15:11 UTC]

Comment on attachment 889518 [details, diff]
Patch against the ebuild to make it work properly when ROOT is set

fperms always operates on ${D}, so your patch is not valid.

The fperms call should be replaced with chmod.

[Comment 2 Dirk Tilger 2024-04-06 07:09:19 UTC]

Created attachment 889555 [details]
build.log without the patch

[Comment 3 Dirk Tilger 2024-04-06 07:10:46 UTC]

(In reply to Mike Gilbert from comment #1)
> fperms always operates on ${D}, so your patch is not valid.

${D} isn't the problem. ${ROOT} is. I've attached the build.log so you can see the problem yourself.

[Comment 4 Dirk Tilger 2024-04-06 07:26:27 UTC]

Created attachment 889556 [details, diff]
Use chmod instead of fperms

Now I got it. There were two problems in the ebuild and I fixed the wrong one.